Just wanted to say I’m reading “Last Kingdom” series and I have never written an author but your books are truly amazing!! I’m 77 and wished I’d have started along time ago!!! Thanks for great reading!!
Linda Bowes
Mr. Cornwell,
I want thank you for taking the time to write your books. Not just that you wrote them, great, but the detail in them. I never liked reading. I saw your books and said ok, I'll try again. They are hard to put down. I believe Im on the Last Kingdom Series again for the fourth time. The Grail Quest I've read I believe five times. To see the the battles, smell the fear or taste the blood is crazy. The detail in the books you've written pulls me in further. I look forward to reading the different books you have written again even thought I've read them multiple times. Its like getting connected to the different characters so they are not alone going through a struggle but you're right there with them. You're standing in the shield wall or running and jumping over the wall. You're fighting for your life when you cut your opponents ankles. I get in the mood for different things at different times but I'm always in the mood to hit the gym and read your books. You truly are a gifted person and have given me a love of reading I didn't understand before. I've been reading your books for about twenty four years now and no matter how many times I read them or how many times I go over the same passage it doesn't get repetitive to me because I can block everything out and enjoy. Thank you again and I look forward to whatever you have next.
Mike
Dear Mr Cornwell,
It has been a while since I have contacted you. Firstly, thank you for Sharpe's Command, great to see him back, it was well written and slotted nicely in the series.
I have just finished Young Bloods - 1st in Simon Scarrows's Wellington/Napoleon quartet. Not sure if you read them, but I am finding them enthralling. I however am finding it a bit like a Sharpe companion (without Sharpe). It is possible (although he does not say It, that we witnessed Sharpe's mother die in the Gordon riots - at least that is all I was thinking about whilst reading It!
Just read about Boxtel and the gruelling retreat. I knew little about this, have you ever considered going back in time and writing about that in a 'first Sharpe book' - just a thought.
Keep up the Stirling work
Kind regards
Dan
Hi Bernard
glad to see Sharpe going strong and I hope you are too sir!
Just wanted to let you know I have a bit of an interest in ww1 pilots and their aircraft and my studies have recently discovered a Captain Sharpe AND a Lieutenant Harper both of 73 Sq RFC in late 1917/early 1918 flying Sopwith Camels.
Sharpe was made a p.o.w. after being brought down and Harper also some weeks later.
EPIC WW1 story!
Escape to Holland?Historical fliers??Historical battles???Juicy!
I thought it may be of some interest to you as Sharpe's ancestor was depicted in the four American Civil War stories you released in the past.
Sharpe and Harper descendants in ww1 and in the air!Some great material there for you to use in the way that you do.
I have the Sharpe,ACW and Warrior Chronicles book sets,my father,his cousin and I love them.All well thumbed!
Thanks for your great visions in book forms, much pleasure given to many.
Kindest regards,
Ian.
I recently began re-reading the Sharpe Series and was excited to see there was a new title that I hadn't read yet. I have always been a fan of battle-centric historical fiction, probably going back to the Military History course I took as part of my ROTC training in college in the 1970's, using the excellent "War Through the Ages" book by Lynn Monross as source material. Thank you for all of your wonderful words, history, and characters. I think I will re-read the Last Kingdom series next. If you are ever in the Pacific Northwest, stop by Sequim and we'll take you sailing in Sequim Bay.
Lisa O'Keefe
Won't bore you with a long.winded explanation of appreciation of your Sharpe books, just to say thank you from this 84 year old lady who has decided her hero is no longer Jamie Fraser but Richard Sharpe; I'm on book 14! Enjoying so much and please keep writing!!!! Abrazos!
Nancy Hamer
Dear Mr Cornwell
I've been a huge fan of your books since childhood.
To date, I've read all that you've published and have loved each story. It's also worth mentioning that I once wrote you a letter (in the early 2000s when I was a child). You kindly took the time to write back to me and this letter (and the book you sent with it 'Sharpe's Trafalgar') is still a treasured possession.
I'm writing to you today for an important reason. Today marks the realisation of a dream. My favourite series you've ever written is the Sharpe series. I've read these books so many times that many of the characters now feel like old friends. As a child I made myself a promise, one day I wanted to own the whole Sharpe series in UK 1st edition hardbacks. Well, it's taken me 20 years but today the dream was finally realised! I was able to acquire the last 1st edition book I was missing (Sharpe's Sword) in an auction. I've just placed it on my shelf alongside all the others and I can't even begin to describe how satisfying it was to finally see them all together as a complete 1st edition collection! To celebrate I think I'll start re-reading the whole series (in chronological order) tonight!
Thank you so much for all the joy your books have given me over the years. You and the characters you've created have had a huge impact on my life!
I hope in the future (if you're hosting a book signing event in the UK) I'll have the opportunity to meet you in person once again and maybe get some of my 1st edition books signed. With this in mind, I'll keep an eye out for forthcoming events!
Very best wishes and have a great day,
Samuel Moore
Dear Mr. Cornwell,
I would like to congratulate you with your Birthday and seize this opportunity to extend my deep appreciation to you. Your "Warlord Chronicles" are enormously important to me and I still remember many scenes by heart. By the will of fate, I was lucky enough to get acquainted with this unsurpassed trilogy when I was eleven years old. I remember reading chapter by chapter avidly, as if in a fever, and my obsession with this series of books passed all conceivable boundaries. Together with the protagonists I lived, loved and died, cut the throats of enemies and buried comrades, kept the oath of allegiance to friends to the last drop of blood and mercilessly destroyed traitors, believed in the old gods and recovered the Thirteen Treasures of Britain, participated in the mysteries of Mithras and converted to Christianity, secretly continuing to observe customs of ancestors, mourned old pagan Britain to my very marrow with unbearable pain, lighting a monstrous funeral pyre, and rushed into the last battle, knowing that we were all doomed to death. In a word, I took the "Warlord Chronicles" extremely to heart. Derfel Cadarn, Ceinwyn, Arthur, Guinevere, Nimue, Merlin, Morgan, Galahad, Issa, Tristan, Iseult, Cuneglas, Helledd, Culhwch, Sagramor, Aelle, Cerdic, Bedwin, even Sansum - I loved them all so much, as if I knew them in person. I can open the books anywhere and smile or cry with the deepest nostalgia.
Dear Mr. Cornwell, you gave me the greatest Treasure, which has no equal. Now I am a Master of Historical Sciences, and your books arouse my admiration in the same way as they did 13 years ago. I can say with complete confidence that you are the best author of historical novels of our time. I would like to wish you long life, great inspiration and further brilliant creative path! Thank you for the whole world of “Warlord Chronicles”!
I apologize for any mistakes in my English and thank you very much for reading this letter.
Most respectfully from Moscow, Russia,
Elena
Dear Mr Cornwell,
I have enjoyed your “Sharpe” books immensely and have read every one.
What I am missing, is the other side of the picture. What was it like for the East India Company to conquer India piece by piece, through stealth, bribery, war, etc. with the same “grittiness” that you do so well.
I short, from a wider viewpoint than that of an ambitious soldier, such as Sharpe. Where Wellington was not the boss but just a senior employee to be replaced if he stopped performing.
Should be an interesting series… .
Alex Voyvoda
Dear Mr. Cornwell,
As I read your books I always think to myself, "I should thank Bernard Cornwell for his work." So thank you, sir. Your books are an immersive experience. I'm grateful for your talent and the gift you have shared with so many readers.
All the best from São Paulo, Brazil,
Kieran McCambridge